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Helen of Troy

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Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.

Release Date : 1956-01-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

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Cast

Character Name : Helen

Original Name : Rossana Podestà

Gender : Female

Character Name : Paris

Original Name : Jacques Sernas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priam

Original Name : Cedric Hardwicke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Achilles

Original Name : Stanley Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Menelaus

Original Name : Niall MacGinnis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hecuba

Original Name : Nora Swinburne

Gender : Female

Character Name : Agamemnon

Original Name : Robert Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ulysses

Original Name : Torin Thatcher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hector

Original Name : Harry Andrews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cassandra

Original Name : Janette Scott

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aeneas

Original Name : Ronald Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andraste

Original Name : Brigitte Bardot

Gender : Female

Character Name : Andros

Original Name : Eduardo Ciannelli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Diomedes

Original Name : Marc Lawrence

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ajax

Original Name : Maxwell Reed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Polydorus

Original Name : Robert Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cora

Original Name : Barbara Cavan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patroclus

Original Name : Terence Longdon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andromache

Original Name : Patricia Marmont

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nestor

Original Name : Guido Notari

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alpheus

Original Name : Tonio Selwart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Юрий Зорич

Gender : Male

Character Name : High Priest

Original Name : Esmond Knight

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Robert Wise's often forgotten take on The Iliad story. Now over sixty years old, this almost epic film pales in comparison to other more notable sword and sandal movies. The scale of the film cannot be faulted, hundreds of extras & huge lavish sets are evident, while in Robert Wise the piece is given a well regarded director to chart its course. However, the problems are all too evident. First off is that the film is terribly pedestrian for the first hour, a tepid script fails to engage and at times is unintentionally funny. Then there are major cast issues. Taking the leads of Paris & Helen are Jacques Sernas & Rossana Podestà respectively. They look the part, both of them undeniably pretty, but neither of them can act for toffee. Filmed in Rome, Italy, it begs the question on if the casting director walked around Lazio and picked the two blondest people available for the roles!?… In support of the Blondie's are a host of usually fine performers, Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis, Harry Andrews, Torin Thatcher & Robert Douglas, but this is still a mixture of actors either too old for their roles, poorly written, or in the case of Douglas, an underused important character (Agamemnon). Shifting away from the awful back projection work, the action sequences at least hold up as competent construction. There's enough here in the second hour to please the sword & sandal fan, but if it's enough to make this a safe recommendation to the potential first time crowd? well I wouldn't stake my life on it you know!. It's a genre I personally love, so I wondered why I hadn't heard about it long before now, after viewing it, it became evident why, it's just not any good. A generous 4/10 from me for the siege of Troy action construction, the stunt work throughout and for Baker's moody show as Achilles.